Acting
Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in the 1920 silent film of the play. The couple married in 1918, and when Keane revived Romance in New York City in 1921, Sydney made his Broadway debut in the parts. He stayed in New York for over a decade playing classical roles such as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (1922), Richard Dudgeon in The Devil's Disciple (1923), the title role in Hamlet (1923), Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part I (1926), and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew (1927).[citation needed] In 1937 he starred in the murder mystery Blondie White in the West End. He made over 50 screen appearances, most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet. He also appeared in classic films like Treasure Island (1950), Ivanhoe (1952), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), but the focus of his career was the stage on both sides of the Atlantic.
Filmography
Thursday Theatre
Series · 1964
Silent Evidence
Series · 1962
Drama 61-67
Series · 1961
The Hands of Orlac
Film · 1960
A Story of David
Film · 1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Film · 1960
The Devil's Disciple
Film · 1959
John Paul Jones
Film · 1959
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
A Question of Adultery
Film · 1958
Sea Wife
Film · 1957
Mayerling
Film · 1957
Island in the Sun
Film · 1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Simba
Film · 1955
The Dam Busters
Film · 1955
Hell Below Zero
Film · 1954
Star of India
Film · 1954
Salome
Film · 1953
Three's Company
Film · 1953
Ivanhoe
Film · 1952
The Magic Box
Film · 1952
Treasure Island
Film · 1950
The Angel with the Trumpet
Film · 1950
Hamlet
Film · 1948
Meet Me at Dawn
Film · 1947
Jassy
Film · 1947
The Man Within
Film · 1947
Caesar and Cleopatra
Film · 1945
Went the Day Well?
Film · 1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Film · 1942
The Next of Kin
Film · 1942
Spring Meeting
Film · 1941
Ships with Wings
Film · 1941
The Farmer's Wife
Film · 1941
Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing
Film · 1940
The Four Just Men
Film · 1939
Accused
Film · 1936
The Amateur Gentleman
Film · 1936
Blind Man's Bluff
Film · 1936
Rhodes of Africa
Film · 1936
Crime Over London
Film · 1936
Talk of the Devil
Film · 1936
The Riverside Murder
Film · 1935
The Tunnel
Film · 1935
Dirty Work
Film · 1934
The Third Clue
Film · 1934
The Midshipmaid
Film · 1932
Red Hot Romance
Film · 1922
Romance
Film · 1920